Textile fragment PAS 27/2007

Find spot (context): el Ar 4 necropolis (4th Cataract area), Grave 9 (funerary).

Dating: Christian.

Present location: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Warsaw. Inv. 27/2007.

Dimensions (in cm): 4.5x3

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S spun
- undyed
- 11 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S spun
- undyed
- 19 picks/cm

Other features: Fabric evenly woven. Warps thinner than wefts (0.2/0.3mm for wp, 0.5 mm for weft).

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak, August 2019.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.